Barrel.



D. HUGHES.

BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED 001.13,1908.

Patented June 29, 1909.

ZloZfih Hgkaf Witnesses 1m: NORRIS PETERS c wasnmorau, n. c.

Vhile I have shown but two IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DOLPH HUGHES, OF JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.

BARREL.

To all whom it 172 try concern:

Be it known that I, DOLPH Hoonns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Johnson City, in the county of Washington and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to barrels, the object of the invention being to provide a collapsible or knock-down barrel made up of sections adapted to be compactly nested together for storage or transportation and embodying means whereby the sections may be easily assembled and securely clamped and fastened together so as to render the barrel as a whole tight and practical for shipping solids or liquids. With the above general object in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :F igure 1 is a side elevation of a barrel embodying the present invention and-shown set up. ig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical diametrical section showing the means for supporting the barrel head while performing the assembling operation. Fig. 1 is a detail vertical section showing the relation of the lock rod to the barrel when in place.

The barrel under the preferred embodiment of this invention is composed of two equal or twin sections 1 and 2. In other words, the barrel as a whole is divided on, a central diametrical line 3 extending lengthwise of the barrel, the barrel sections meeting on the diametrically opposite line 3.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 13, 1908.

plurality of sectional hoops, each hoop comprising a pair of sections 4 and 5 which are fastened by rivets or their equivalent to their respective sections of the barrel. of said sectional hoops in the drawings, it will of course be understood that any desired number of hoops may be employed according to the size of the barrel and the strength required. To the opposite ends of each hoop section is secured an open center link 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, one of the side bars of each hoop being journaled in a sleeve 7 which is conveniently formed by recurving or bending back the adjacent extremity of the hoop section and riveting such bent back portion,

Patented June 29, 1909. Serial No. 457,490.

as indicated at 8. This enables the link to swing within the sleeve 7, the latter forming a journal bearing for the link. Connected to the outer vertical bar of one of the links of each pair is a latch lever, one portion of which is bent, as shown at 9, to encircle such portion of the link, after which the lever is extended to form comparatively short and approximately straight portions 10 which are then given an abrupt bend, as shown at 11, and then extended outward on a large curve, as shown at 12, and thence extended to form lever portions 13 which are connected together, as shown at 14, and then extended to form terminal eyes 15, the latter being adapted to be received over other eyes or staples 16 secured to the barrel, the latter eyes or staples being shown as driven through the adjacent hoop sections into the body or staves of the barrel, as seen in Fig. 2. In order to prevent the escape of the hasp levers, lock rods 17 are inserted through the eyes or staples 16 of the upper and lower hoop sections, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and one extremity of said lock rod is preferably bent to form a hoop shaped extension 18 adapted to be clipped over one chime of the barrel, as shown in Fig. l which acts to prevent the lock rod from getting loose.

In order to facilitate assembling the heads and body sections of the barrel, each of the heads is provided on its outer face with a supporting block 19 which is of suflicient thickness to support the head, shown at 20, at an elevation which will facilitate the entrance of the ehamfered outer edge or periphery thereof into the crozing of the interior of the barrel staving.

After assembling the parts of the barrel in proper relation to each other, the hasp levers are inserted through the links opposite those to which they are connected and upon which they are mounted to turn or swing. The lever portions of the hasp are then moved in the direction of the eyes 16, causing the portions 12 of the levers to act with a crowding or wedging action to draw the oppositely arranged links 6 toward each other until finally the outer end of the lever, provided with the eye 15, swings over the appropriate eye or staple 16. After this operation has been perforn'led with each of the sectional hoops, the lock rod 17 is inserted through the eyes 16 which are arranged in alinement with each other, as shown in Fig. 1, and

the extension 18 of the lock rod is then hooked over the chime of the barrel, as in Fig. 4. By the means described, the body sections of the barrel are crowded close to gether at their meeting edges and around I the barrel heads, thus preventing leakage and rendering the barrel as a Whole tight.

Having described the invention, What I claim is:

A barrel comprising sections divided and meeting along longitudinal lines, barrel heads adapted to l with the extremities of each of said hoop sections, hasp levers each journaled on one link and insertible through the adjacent link and provided with terminal loops, eyes on the hoop sections adapted to pass through the eyes of the hasp levers, and a hasp fastening lock rod insertible through a plurality of such eyes to fasten a corresponding number of hasp levers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DOLPH HUGHES.

fit into grooves in said sections, sectional hoops, the sections of each of which are secured to the barrel sections along a common circumferential line, open 1 center links having a jointed connection,

t' i itnesses W. P. HULL, CAL HAFsoN. 

